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The formative years of Paul Pope’s development into a world-renowned artist are on display in the new Image Comics collection THE ONE TRICK RIP-OFF/DEEP CUTS. The collection spans his early days as part of a network of self-published artists who didn’t fit in either the mainstream or the underground, to his stint in Japan as a budding manga-ka, to his triumphant return to American comics.
Or – “Well, I’m Not TOO Far Behind…”
On Wednesday, the ghosts and goblins came out to scare us out of our minds, and to allow us all to unleash the slutty truth within us. DC Comics also tapped into the holiday zeitgeist, unleashing an old favorite on the world with little fanfare, but is it a fright-fest or a huge mess? Your Major Spoilers review awaits!
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BOOM! Studios is proud and honored to be hosting Paul Pope at our booth (#1301), who contributed an amazing back up story in ADVENTURE TIME #5. Additionally, BOOM! will be bringing a fantastic selection of BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Town, and kaBOOM! trade paperbacks, single issues, and convention variants including Get-A-Sketch covers. Don’t miss out on BOOM!’s two dynamic panels – our regular BOOM!/BOOM! Town/kaBOOM! panel on Saturday at 2:00 pm and “Breaking Into Comics Right Now!” on Sunday at 3:00 pm. BOOM! Studios is incredibly proud to have 3 Harvey Award nominations for Roger Langridge’s work on SNARKED and to be a Gold Sponsor of the awards this year.
Though we haven’t seen the New Gods appear in the New 52 (that we know of), I couldn’t let this piece of art by Paul Pope go unnoticed.
DC Comics has released the variant covers for upcoming Before Watchmen series, including Jim Steranko’s Before Watchmen: Rorschach #1.
After a prolonged absence from the print medium, Dark Horse Presents returns. But will this return, with such creators as Paul Chadwick, Richard Corben, and Neal Adams, be a boon? Or a burden? Take the jump faithful Spoilerite to find out.
I’ve been meaning to show off Paul Pope’s cover to Diamond 6 for several days now, but that Francesco Francavilla guy kept stunning us with his stuff. Take the jump for a look at Pope’s charming cover.
How shall we close out the last AAMotD for 2009? With Batman of course! This one is from Paul Pope.
Marvel has announced that Strange Tales #1, the first in a three issue mini-series, has sold out at the distributor level, prompting the company to send the issue back to press. Likewise, the Hulk #14, featuring the Rulk seeking revenge on Domino, sold out as well. Both issues will be getting the variant treatment, that you can see after the jump.
Marvel has announced Strange Tale MAX #1 is headed our way in September. The 48-page anthology features stories by Paul Pope, Peter Bagge, Molly Crabapple &John Leavitt, Junko Mizuno, Dash Shaw, James Kochalka, Johnny Ryan, Michael Kupperman, Nick Bertozzi, Nicholas Gurewich, Jason and more, and features a plethora of Marvel characters from Spider-Man to the Hulk.
“Flat out, this is the apex of human artistic achievement. This is it. The end. The crowning result of tens of millions of years of evolution, right here, in three packed-to-the-gills issues,†said Editor John Barber. “The philosophy of the book was to have these creators from ‘indy’ or ‘alternative’ or “literary†or ‘art’ comics come in and do what they do best. I think Marvel readers will really dig seeing radically different versions of their favorite characters, and the fans of these cartoonists will get to see the creators work in a milieu they never thought they’d get to see. It’s win-win. It’s really the best of both worlds.â€
Sounds like an interesting series, and with it being part of the MAX line, anything could happen.
Boom! Studios announced that Mark Waid’s The Unknown #1 sold out in the first week of release, prompting the company to send the issue back to press to meet demand.
In THE UNKNOWN Waid brings us the smartest person alive, Catherine Allingham, the world’s most famous private investigator. Follow her adventures as she sets out to solve the one mystery she’s never been able to crack! THE UNKNOWN is a new original mini-series in the vein of RUSE, with international superstar Minck Oosterveer. THE UNKNOWN issue #1 sports covers by Paul Pope and Erik Jones.
“The reaction to THE UNKNOWN has been incredible,†said BOOM! Studios Marketing and Sales Director Chip Mosher in a prepared statement, “It’s refreshing to see the market can support a non super-hero book in this fashion. If you haven’t gotten on board for this mini-series yet, you are missing out!”
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LOS ANGELES- May 11th, 2009 – BOOM! Studios’ Editor-in-Chief will be signing at Atomic Comics this week from 1pm to 4pm on May 13th! Coinciding with the launch of Waid’s new series THE UNKNOWN, Waid will also be signing copies of his smash-hit series IRREDEEMABLE, his BOOM! Kids title THE INCREDIBLES and the just released deluxe hardcover edition of POTTER’S FIELD.
Signing will be taking place at Atomic Comics Mesa Superstore located at 1120 S. Country Club Drive #105, Mesa, AZ 85210. For more information on the Atomic Comics Mesa Superstore location, please call (480) 649-0807.